How to Use alienate in a Sentence

alienate

verb

• Their dream isn’t to alienate a large swath of sports fans.
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Sep. 2020
• He is alienated, set apart from the rest of the world by his own making.
  — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 26 June 2024
• The beer brand ended up alienating all parties in the process.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2023
• Biden’s die-hard base of supporters but alienate the rest of the country.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 17 Dec. 2020
• Reports on Wednesday were that the Dodgers feel the same way, not wanting to alienate some or most of the fan base.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
• Ankara could no longer afford to alienate rich Gulf states.
  — Jomana Karadsheh and Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 14 Feb. 2022
• So for an artist to come out and talk conscious, you’ll get alienated.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2024
• The couple didn’t want to alienate people with a low spice tolerance, so the sauce comes in at about a 3 out of 10.
  — Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2021
• The strictures of the theocracy and the doctrine of Shia supremacy alienate many.
  — The Economist, 23 Jan. 2021
• In real life, all this does is alienate your team and drive away your best workers.
  — Expert Panel, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
• From the start of her career, Sweet embraced a brand of politics that aimed to alienate no one.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2023
• His love, the purest impulse of his soul, can only further alienate and cause harm.
  — Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2020
• The most likely outcome will simply be to alienate her from you.
  — New York Times, 28 Dec. 2021
• A lot of people think my big goal is to alienate people and to give them a big middle finger.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
• But trying to ice out your friends’ daughter will just alienate them.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
• That would alienate even more people who can’t afford to pay $50 a night to pitch a tent on public lands.
  — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 21 Mar. 2022
• But the last thing any leader wants to do is alienate those who hold the power of rescue in this make-or-break moment.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
• This is not a show afraid to alienate its audience or push past their comfort zone.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
• But no business wants to alienate a huge section of its customers.
  — Bill Carter For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 17 Sep. 2020
• Perhaps the mothers and fathers didn’t want to alienate their sons and daughters.
  — James E. Person Jr., National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
• The party that is judged to be the aggressor could alienate fence sitters that view the war from a moral perspective.
  — Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
• The church cannot afford to alienate its single members.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
• Why meddle in politics this way and alienate half of the country?
  — Jerry Bowyer, National Review, 5 May 2021
• There’s no way to grow by a factor of five, of course, without alienating some loyal diehards.
  — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
• Any new path brings some members on board but alienates others.
  — Tim Hanrahan, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2023
• Someone who is in love with her daughter and alienated from her.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
• The Dolphins would not want to alienate a large portion of the fan base that may not want to see the team pursue a player with this troubling cloud over him.
  — David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Sep. 2021
• Not valuing employees is the quickest and surest way to alienate them.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 24 May 2021
• Many marketers fear trying things that might alienate traditional customers, but the old fans of Hostess Twinkies were already leaving.
  — Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
• Mishi is immediately alienated by both her parents and her peers.
  — Oliver Sava, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025